I know a lot of Catholics name their boys after popes; Peter, Paul, John, John Paul, etc, and I think it's a great idea.

So how come nobody ever names their son Cletus? Third pope and a saint.

I've even heard of a few Leos. Leo could be combined with Cletus, giving a baby named Leotus.

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God's love is manifest in the landscape as in a face. - John Muir

I want creation to penetrate you with so much admiration that wherever you go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator. A single plant, a blade of grass, or one speck of dust is sufficient to occupy all your intelligence in beholding the art with which it has been made - Saint Basil

Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads. - Thoreau, Walden

Catholic parents really need to think when they name their kids. There are a lot of good, Catholic names that are so out of place culturally that it’s almost cruel to use them. Cletus is a fine name, but it is very dated. It also gives connotations of being a redneck- probably at least in part due to the Simpsons character. It could be worse though. Whoever names their kid Polycarp may just as well pay other kids to beat him up.

One of my sons is named after St. Leo the Great and secondarily after Leo XIII.

The abbot of the monastery near where I grew up is named Cletus.

O unashamed intercessor of Christians, ever loyal advocate before the Creator, do not disregard the prayerful voice of sinners but in your goodness hasten to assist us who trustfully cry out to you: Intercede always, O Mother of God, in behalf of those who honor you!

Growing up in the Catholic heartland of NE Kansas where there's a Parish Church about every six miles, I've known a number of Cletuses. Everybody just called them Clete, and thought no more about it. The only one I knew that used the full name was Fr Cletus Kohake, OSB.